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The Grace of Silence: A Family Memoir
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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I won this book on Goodreads First Reads.
This book caught my eye because I'd taken a Civil Rights course one summer while in college at CMU. The class facinated me. I learned what I thought was a great deal about the civil rights movement...from freedom marches, to sit ins we talked about it all. Or so I thought!
Michelle Norris's book told me otherwise. The day to day struggles of real families from this era of American history goes largly unnoticed. This book looked at one family & how things that were considered taboo, & therefore never talked about, effected generations of her family. It took an in-depth look at how "normal" people were the cornerstone of the movement & to this day go largly unhearlded for their efforts.
The memoir was well written & read more like a novel than a true account of someone's family. This was an unexpectedly great book!
  
    French Proverbes

    French Proverbes

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    Curated inspiring French proverbs. Each of the quote is carefully selected so as to be relevant and...

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    Curated inspiring Slovenian proverbs. Each of the quote is carefully selected so as to be relevant...

Forever This Time (Heartbreaker #1)
Forever This Time (Heartbreaker #1)
Ana Jolene | 2023 | Contemporary, Romance
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7.0 (2 Ratings)
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Sweet one day read

Forever This Time is a sweet, fun and emotional one day read. There are some serious topics that are touched on enough to get you thinking but not enough to overwhelm the emotions.
    The main characters are loveable and endearing and are well written. I liked them straight away, there's no having to let them grow on you which is great.

This is the beginning of a series and I can't wait for the next! It's easy to read this as a standalone but there are characters that intrigued me and had me hoping to find out more........Ana Jolene doesn't disappoint either as the next in the series looks to be just as good as this and picks up with a character that we meet in Forever This Time.
  
For One More Day
For One More Day
Mitch Albom | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.3 (3 Ratings)
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Told from a fantastic point of view (1 more)
Very easy to understand, yet very deep and meaningful
Beautiful, sad story that will make you hug your loved ones a little longer
"I adored this book. In typical Mitch Albom fashion, it was short and to the point (only around 200 pages), but it still brought on countless emotions about desire, regret, longing, and wasting time. For One More Day will make you hug your loved ones a little longer." -from my Bookstagram account, rorythereader .
  
Behaving Badly (2014)
Behaving Badly (2014)
2014 | Comedy, Drama
Good cast (0 more)
Not funny (1 more)
Very loose idea for a plot
Very poor 80's style teen comedy
This definitely tries to capture the vibe of films like Ferris Bueller's day off and Risky Business to name a couple. It fails badly though. Despite quite an ensemble cast most only have a few scenes or cameo roles. It's just not that funny and goes from one odd scene to the next. There are better more recent teen comedies than this around.
  
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card | 1985 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (37 Ratings)
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I have never really been into science fiction novels, steering more toward fantasy. Enders game was probably the first science fiction book I've read and I was so impressed. The idea of video gamers being chosen for war is brilliant and the development of all the characters is very intriguing. The psychology used on the kids is fascinating, brutal and so effective its scary. Loved delving into this novel and hope one day theres a film that is actual worth it.